I would like to thank you for helping me all the way.
I don't think this program has any malware in it, or anything that would cause harm because a very big community is using it, someone should have noticed it already.
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Anonymous
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2005-10-30
I wasn't suggesting that it was malware. Just that something that is little more than 'wallpaper' should not have such deep tendrils in the system as to be even capable of causing an entirely unassociated program to fail.
I'd question whether you should you trust it, not because its authors had evil intent, but they have written code that has had unintended consequences - the consequences being the consumption of much time, and the inability of you to proceed as necessary. If programming is your job as it is mine, that wasted time might cost a great deal of money.
My point was is the loss of productivity worth the arguably 'pretty' interface?
Clifford
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I encourage you to do a throrough, clean uninstall, take you time, do it right, and please follow the directions about keeping track of exactly what you did, and reporting it.
Note that spaces in paths can lead to issues, so don't install in places like "Program Files" or keep your projects in places like "My Documents" (I keep mine in c:\mycstuff most of the time)
Now, once you have done the clean uninstall, attempt to compile "Hello World", but do not use a project, just create a New:Source File, enter your code, and compile it directly.
Let us know what happens...
Wayne
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Yes I have read the the topic you mentioned, and followed it exactly. I don't have any spaces in the path (as you can see in the compile log).
Now I tried creating just a source file, instead of a project, and it compiles fine.
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Anonymous
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2005-10-28
I am clutching at straws perhaps, but have you tried creating the project somewhare other than c:\dev-cpp.
Either way, it is not a good idea to 'pollute' the installation folder with your own files - you may inadvertantly overwrite files that need to be there, or have your files deleted during an upgrade or reinstallation.
Clifford
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"Yes I have read the the topic you mentioned, and followed it exactly"
NO YOU DID NOT!
The directions I pointed you to made a HUGE point of taking notes about exactly what you did, and, if you are still having issues, tell us that exactly, step by step, what you did, and whatever you do, do not post something like "I did exactly what you said".
This is vital, that is why I made such a big point of it. Why did you choose to completely ignore this? There are steps that have to be done to get a clean uninstall, but there are also steps that require some initiative on your part - checking for things like c:\program and the like. Doing your searches. You need to tell us exactly what you did. This is not me being a mean old coot, making you do more work. The point is to try and help you.
Wayne
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just go to "start"m"control panle", add remove programs" in xp and remove dev-C++ and makes shure you have a coppy of the setup.exe of dev-c++
and reinstall it it works for me.every time i cant add icons to my projects i just do that and works lile a charm
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I would have never thought just saying "I followed it exactly" would be this offending, sorry about it.
Here is what I did:
Ran uninstall.exe from the /dev-cpp directory, then removed the whole dev-cpp directory, went to docs and settings/username/application data and deleted the whole dev-cpp directory, I even checked that /docs and settings/all users/application data/ does not have a dev-cpp folder.
After that, I did a restart, redownloaded the installer, installed it to the default directory, (tried both using install for all users/just for the current user) and ran the program.
Opened a new project, and created a console application, saving it to the default dev-cpp folder. It did not compile, I created a /projects folder on the root of the partition, and it didn't compile either.
Here is the log from the simple source file:
Its not about offense. Realize that when someone tells you to do something (and I made a HUGE hairy point of it) in directions, there is a reason for it. Its not because I am an old mean guy, (I am), its just because we need solid, factual information to go on.
Now, looking at your notes, I note that you made no mention of doing a windows search to look for vestiges of previous installations. Did you?
Make sure you configure search to look in hidden folders.
Wayne
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I would like to thank you for helping me all the way.
I don't think this program has any malware in it, or anything that would cause harm because a very big community is using it, someone should have noticed it already.
I wasn't suggesting that it was malware. Just that something that is little more than 'wallpaper' should not have such deep tendrils in the system as to be even capable of causing an entirely unassociated program to fail.
I'd question whether you should you trust it, not because its authors had evil intent, but they have written code that has had unintended consequences - the consequences being the consumption of much time, and the inability of you to proceed as necessary. If programming is your job as it is mine, that wasted time might cost a great deal of money.
My point was is the loss of productivity worth the arguably 'pretty' interface?
Clifford
Ah now I can see your point. Well, I uninstalled that part so I'm relatively safe.
"I have tried reinstalling"
Did you follow the directions given for doing a clean uninstall that are in the thread titled "Please Read Before Asking a Question"?
Wayne
I encourage you to do a throrough, clean uninstall, take you time, do it right, and please follow the directions about keeping track of exactly what you did, and reporting it.
Note that spaces in paths can lead to issues, so don't install in places like "Program Files" or keep your projects in places like "My Documents" (I keep mine in c:\mycstuff most of the time)
Now, once you have done the clean uninstall, attempt to compile "Hello World", but do not use a project, just create a New:Source File, enter your code, and compile it directly.
Let us know what happens...
Wayne
Yes I have read the the topic you mentioned, and followed it exactly. I don't have any spaces in the path (as you can see in the compile log).
Now I tried creating just a source file, instead of a project, and it compiles fine.
I am clutching at straws perhaps, but have you tried creating the project somewhare other than c:\dev-cpp.
Either way, it is not a good idea to 'pollute' the installation folder with your own files - you may inadvertantly overwrite files that need to be there, or have your files deleted during an upgrade or reinstallation.
Clifford
"Yes I have read the the topic you mentioned, and followed it exactly"
NO YOU DID NOT!
The directions I pointed you to made a HUGE point of taking notes about exactly what you did, and, if you are still having issues, tell us that exactly, step by step, what you did, and whatever you do, do not post something like "I did exactly what you said".
This is vital, that is why I made such a big point of it. Why did you choose to completely ignore this? There are steps that have to be done to get a clean uninstall, but there are also steps that require some initiative on your part - checking for things like c:\program and the like. Doing your searches. You need to tell us exactly what you did. This is not me being a mean old coot, making you do more work. The point is to try and help you.
Wayne
Posting your compile log from your single file compile would also be a good idea.
Wayne
just go to "start"m"control panle", add remove programs" in xp and remove dev-C++ and makes shure you have a coppy of the setup.exe of dev-c++
and reinstall it it works for me.every time i cant add icons to my projects i just do that and works lile a charm
I would have never thought just saying "I followed it exactly" would be this offending, sorry about it.
Here is what I did:
Ran uninstall.exe from the /dev-cpp directory, then removed the whole dev-cpp directory, went to docs and settings/username/application data and deleted the whole dev-cpp directory, I even checked that /docs and settings/all users/application data/ does not have a dev-cpp folder.
After that, I did a restart, redownloaded the installer, installed it to the default directory, (tried both using install for all users/just for the current user) and ran the program.
Opened a new project, and created a console application, saving it to the default dev-cpp folder. It did not compile, I created a /projects folder on the root of the partition, and it didn't compile either.
Here is the log from the simple source file:
Compiler: Default compiler
Compiler: Default compiler
Executing g++.exe...
g++.exe "C:\Projects\Untitled1.cpp" -o "C:\Projects\Untitled1.exe" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\include" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\mingw32" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include" -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib"
Execution terminated
Compilation successful
Its not about offense. Realize that when someone tells you to do something (and I made a HUGE hairy point of it) in directions, there is a reason for it. Its not because I am an old mean guy, (I am), its just because we need solid, factual information to go on.
Now, looking at your notes, I note that you made no mention of doing a windows search to look for vestiges of previous installations. Did you?
Make sure you configure search to look in hidden folders.
Wayne